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12 page board book featuring lovable Dumbo and his happy adventures in the circus. Book
1863LFA-126738991Un ouvrage de 554 pages, format 190 x 270 mm, illustré + 2 cartes dépliables, relié percaline dos cuir à nerfs, publié en 1863, Michel Lévy Frères, Libraires Editeurs (Paris), bon état
1803PHO-1636Paris, Dentu, an XI (1803). 2 volumes in-8 (191 x 124 mm). 4 cartes et plans repliés hors texte : une carte de l'île de Ceylan par Arrowsmith et de la pêche des perles et les plans des ports de Trinquemale et Colombo, basane mouchetée de l'époque, dos lisses ornés avec pièces de titre et tomaison, dentelles dorées sur les plats, frottements et vieille épidermure au tome 2.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light edge wear. 8 3/4"w x 11"h. Unpaginated.
10734Saïgon, Edition I.F.O.M., 1950. 1 volume in-8, 257 pp., 59 illustrations photographiques sur la chasse, la capture des grands éléphants sauvages, mais aussi sur le dressage des grands pachydermes, reliure moderne plein cuir brun, couvertures conservées, papier uniformément jauni. Bon exemplaire, malgré un grignotage de souris sur les derniers feuillets.
193428704Paris Société Des Amis Du Museum 1934 In-8 159 pp et XLIX planches, la dernière planche est une carte de la mission scientifique , un petit manque de papier en coin couverture
1946277601946 un bois original intitulé : CIRQUE - ELEPHANTS, signé T. en bas à droite dans la gravure - signature manuscrite à la mine de plomb en bas à droite sous la gravure, monogramme de l'artiste imprimé en violet sous la gravure à gauche + noté epreuve d'artiste 5/10, manuscrit à la mine de plomb, sans date (1946)
1904002539Paris, Librairie C. Reinwald, Schleicher Frères & Cie, Editeurs, 1904
199190443Doubleday Books - Transworld Publishers, London [a.o.], 1991. 24 cm ; Pp.
VG/VG no inscriptions. not price-clipped. lovely clean copy 8vo 1st Edition.This book provides an introduction to animal protection and endangered species for young children, supporting the Science and Geography curricula. Each title provides: an introduction to the animal through its daily life, behaviour and habitat, information about why the animal is in danger and what's is being done to help it, and maps showing where the animal lives plus charts showing how the number of animals is changing
2005LFA01805Revue mensuelle concernant la philatélie : environ 110 pages en couleurs, format 300 x 210 mm, illustrée, brochée couverture couleurs + fiches détachables
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Secret Submarine - Part I - A strange story of adventure in the romantic Spanish Main; The Largest Map in the World - on display in the lobby of the Ferry Building in San Francisco; The Phantom Gunman - A 19-year-old boy leads Johannesburg police on a merry chase before he is finally jailed; The Last of the Sea-Elephants - Dr. L.M. Huey visits the lonely island of Guadalupe to capture live specimens of these creatures, some of which weigh 2.5 tons! - with photos; "Monty" The Man-Eater - Part III (conclusion) of one of the most remarkable lion stories ever published; The Land of Mystery - Part I - Colonel E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Gallowhur were among the very few white men allowed to enter "forbidden" Nepal, with photos; A Car Climbs Table Mountain, the mighty mass of rock that dominates Cape Town - with photos; The Boy Who Sought Adventure - Part I of the fascinating travels and adventures of B. Wicksteed; The Voyage of the "Annie Marble" - Part II of a three-month river and canal journey through France; The Secret of Black Horse Mountain - Dark happenings involving a farmer and a tramp who meet up again a thousand miles away; Teaching on the Frontier - A young teacher runs into trouble working in remote New Mexico; The Pennsylvania Witch-Murder - Three young men argue they were justified in their action to prevent evils spells from bewitching them - with photos; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages of great ads. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
85, 16 [ads] pages. Many black and white reproductions of photos. Features: "As I ran for the cliff a shell struck the truck just behind me, blowing it to pieces" - Arthur H. Griswold on the horrors of Gallipoli; Capturing Wild Elephants Alive, by St. Nihal Singh - including *amazing* photos of the Maharajah of Mysore's hunt; Tales of the Service - part VI - my smuggler-catching adventures, by G.W. Hindmarch, a retired customs and excise officer in the Shetland Islands; Behind the Scenes in Russia - part II - Robert Wilton reports on the war in Russia with many excellent photos including a German propaganda sheet (in Russian) which blames England for the war; Queer Fixes - trapped by rattlers, and 'twixt bear and rapids; In Unknown British Guiana - part II - many great photos; The Hold-up at the "Gem" - a tale from Lordsburg, New Mexico; Exploring the Ice-Wilds of Eastern Karakoram - part VI, by Fanny Bullock Markman and William Hunter Workman - with many super photos; How "Big Walsh" Held His Own - a mining experience in Bolivia; The Carrier-Pigeon in Wartime - many excellent photos; German Raids on the Cables - the first true account of Germany's daring efforts to cut Britain's underseas cable systems, with photos; The Falling Bucket - adventure involving a Bolivian silver mine; The Quaintest Horse-Race in the World - the annual Palio of Siena, Italy; Amazing photos of Mooseback riding in Rainy Lake, Ontario!. Sewer cleaning with an alligator in Fort Meade, Florida. Wonderful full-page WWI ad by AT&T with caption "How Belgium Stemmed the Tide". Clean, tight and unmarked with moderate wear. A well-preserved copy of this fascinating issue. Book
Pages 353-440, plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: The Magician's Curse - a vendetta on Sardinia; With a Motion-Picture Camera Under the Sea - using the ingenious technology invented by Mr. J. Ernest Williamson - article with wonderful photos; Three Asses In the Pyrenees - part 3 of a fun pursuit of adventure travel in Europe; The Soul of Burma - Part 2 of 2 - nice photo-illustrated article on a trip to Irawadi; "Sugar" - ; The Tragedy of "Miss Miami" - this flying boad crashed on a trip to Bimini from Miami; On the Spoor of the Elephant - J. Morewood Dowsett describes his escape from elephants, and recounts stories of his companion John Deacon - article with photos; My Boa-Constrictor - Sir Curtis Lampson and a snake which escaped in a crowded hotel; Paper Money - a quick tale from West Africa; Caught in a Death-Trap - Part 2 of 2 of the remarkable tribulations of two motorcyclists crossing the Mojave desert in California; The Odyssey of Humbert Rulliere - Part 3 of 3 of this incredible biography; Millions in Oil - the marvels of Mexia, America's latest field - article with photos; Luck - a story from Alaska. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Stories: The Ice Jam; The Manila Fireflies; Squaw Mike; Crashing into Burma; The Wheat Stealers; What Happened to the Bullion Box; One Christmas Day; The Railroad Boomer; There She Blows!; Rounded-up Wild Elephants; Tracking Down Hot Oil; Witchcraft; A Ride for 1000 Pounds; On Patrol with the B.P.P. Average wear. Book
Features: Jungle Man-Hunters - horse-mounted frontiersmen of Ecuador - photos; The Secret Submarine Agent - describes the author's meeting with "Storsand," a Scandinavian inventor who devised a curious one-man diving bell; Terror by Night - Man-Leopard killings in Nigeria (part I); Vagabond in Corsica - a tramp through the interior of Corsica - photos; The Dope-Runners - illegal drug traffic in South Africa; Diving for Crocodiles - at the Tanganyila-Nyasaland border; The "Mulga Wire" Mystery; The "Football Wallahs" - an amusing story from India of how a British soldier made friends; My Friend Sung Li - the companion of an ex-sailor; Beware of Elephants - encounters with elephants on the Queen's Highway; and more. Unmarked with average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Galleon Gold - Lieut. Harry E. Rieseberg is continually drawn to the silver shoals off the Bahamas to search for underwater treasure; Trapped by the Bor Herd of Elephants; The Mowha Maneater - a tiger story in the Indian jungles; We Chose Danger - an adventure of Frank Illingworth in troubled Morocco; Badboy of the Fisheries - the common seal; H.M.S. Thule Intercepts - an intensely dramatic story of a submarine at war as told by its Commander, Alastair Mars, D.S.O., D.S.C. and Bar; Volcanic Island - "I Know an Island"; Swallowed by the Jungle - the conclusion of "Manhunt in Green Hell", a story from the French Guiana jungle; Iceland Pony Race; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Chip from spine. Sound copy. Book
Features: More Queer Fixes - A Meeting with a Meteor, In the Dark with a Mamba; A Night Attack; The Shot-Pickers; The Underground Pirates; Housekeeping Troubles in Annam; "In the Name of the Czar!" - I - A Subterranean Duel; Across Africa By Boat - I; Cupid and the Wire; Fallen Among Thieves; Remarkable "Follies"; Through the Black Canyon; Across Australia on a Bicycle; The Crop that Failed; Eight Days on an African Farm; Across Africa by Boat - II; More Queer Fixes - A Ride With Death - Sixteen Days Entombed - Lost in a Swamp; On the Roof of the Western World; Black Magic - A Weird Experience - Tambooze the Zulu; Life in the Sulphur Mines of Sicily; A Fight for Life Under Water; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger"; The Present that Went Astray; The Menace of the "Black Hand"; The Wreck of the "Dundonald"; The Experiences of a "Jackaroo"; The Story of Jasper Brown; Sporting Stories - A Brush with Elephants - The Senator's Tiger - A Ride on a Rhino; Buried Treasures in England; Six Months on a Drifting Ice-Floe; Through New Ontario on a "Jigger" - II; A Deal in Diamonds; Elk-Hunting in Sweden; How I Found My Wife; Across Africa by Boat - III; More Queer Fixes - an up and down affair - a battle with a shark; The Romance of Hermann Ochs; The "Night Riders" of Kentucky; "Captain Starlight"; More Queer Fixes - Imprisoned Under a Ship's Keel - A Motor-Boat in a Cyclone - An Uninvited Guest; A War Against a River; A Railway Stowaway; The Kauri Timber Industry; "Who Am I?"; My Ascent of Aconcagua; Running the Gauntlet; Eight Years in Babylonia - I; The Secret of the Castle; Ruined!; An Island in the Making; A Duel of Brains; Across Africa by Boat - IV; An Encounter with a Waterspout; The Ship that Disappeared; A Mountain of Gold; The "Vultures of Paris"; Eight Years in Babylonia - II; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - I; Caribou-Hunting in Newfoundland; More Queer Fixes - An Actor's Adventure - A Shifted Cargo; Through France in a Yacht; The Keeper of the Light; Flooded Out; The Bridge-Builders; Five Days in a Blizzard; A Holiday in Crete; A Short Cut; A Lion-Hunt in a Sewer; The Carriers of the Thames; How I Visited the Gouliot Caves; A Day with the South Sea Prince; More Queer Fixes - A Race Against a Leak - Two Hours in a Crevasse - The Millionaire's Messenger; The Perchten Dancers of Salzburg; The Wassmann Diamond; On the Frontier at Gibraltar;; A Romance of Two Islands - I; A Railway Smash to Order; The Ghost of the San Jose Mine; Up the Athabasca with the Fur-Traders; Our Adventures at "Simplicity Hall" - II. Average wear. Modest lean to spine. A sound copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Paying the Price - How Nature in Canada's far north has extracted a toll on trappers - with photos; Behind the Himalayas - Part I - Photo-illustrated account of exploration of the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River; The Rubber-Smugglers of Malaya - An amusing story; The Outlaw Elephant - Rogue elephant "George" ravaged the Travancore district of India from 1920 to 1925, killing many and doing immense damage - article with photos; My Desert Dash to Damascus - A decidedly exciting journey across the Syrian Desert amidst hostile devil worshippers and Bedouin - with interesting photos; "Blue-Water Andy" - Did he spot the wreck of an ancient Spanish treasure-galleon on some nameless island? ; Across Africa With a Camera - M.A. Wetherell's photo-illustrated account of his trans-African journey; The Disappearing Lion - An amusing tale from Australia; The Kahuna's Power - A strange little story of native "magic" in Hawaii; A Pearler in the Philippines - F.D. Burdett describes his exciting experiences on pearling trips among the Philippine Islands; The Haunted Camp - The disappearance of a white man in Africa, and the startling events that followed; An Australian Robinson Crusoe - Part IV - Jack McLaren spent eight years on the little-known western coast of Cape York Peninsula. 84 pages plus 20 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Hunting of Gonzales - An adventure of Senor Ramon Torres, a Captain of Rurales - the famous mounted police of Mexico; Adrift on an Ice-Floe - Lieut. Commander Fitzhugh Green provides a photo-illustrated account of the amazing fashion in which a primitive Eskimo extricated himself from a predicament which would assuredly spelt death for a white man; An Englishwoman in Upper Egypt - Part II - Winifred S. Blackman's photo-illustrated account of the three winters she spent with the local people of Upper Egypt; Fraser's Price - The tale of an angered railroad engineer; The Three Angleteers - Part V (conclusion) of the trouble and adventures of three English wanderers in Constantinople and Athens; "Remember the Mortons" - A stirring story of an episode in the Matabele rebellion of 1895; Salvage Extraordinary - An Indian planter's account of an odd affair on the Brahmaputra River in Assam, including photo of five elephants pushing a stranded steamer; The Head-Hunters of Sepik - Part III - Beatrice Grimshaw explored the Sepik River of New Guinea and dealt with the local cannibals - article with photos; Where Everyone is Wealthy - The Osage Indians of Oklahoma come up with the strangest ways to divest themselves of their wealth earned from local oil - article with photos; "Grip" and I - Part III - Count Nils Cronstedt spares a condemned bull-terrier which rewards him by saving him multiple times while he served in West Africa as Commander of H.M.S. Heron and Assistant Marine Superintendant in Northern Nigeria; "Old White Face" - Allen Borders of Montana relates a terrifying cougar experience; To Afghanistan in Disguise - Part III - The story of a British officer's remarkable journey - disguised as an Oriental - across a large part of India and finally into forbidden Afghanistan and beyond, living among the natives; "Captain Jed" - a tale of the whalers of New Bedford, MA, involving the "Cap'n Jed" and the "Wanderer" - very few men have ever fought a 'right' whale single-handed and lived to tell the tale; Python and Lion in Nyassaland - after visiting a witch-doctor for poisoning the author is attacked first by a great python, then a lion!; Photo of a Manchurian man 7 feet and 3 inches tall; Photo of a veritable forest of masts at Lowestoft, the Suffolk fishing port, during the height of herring season; and more. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Book
Pages 449-536, plus 16 pages of great ads. Features: The Mystery of Dominic Pietro - how an innocent man was saved from the gallows; The Trials of A Naturalist's Wife - part 4; A Woman's Ordeal - Mrs. C.T. Sturgis was a prisoner of Mexican bandits; Across Unknown Arabia in Disguise - Part 2 of the great photo-illustrated story of the author's travels among the Wahhabi Arabs; Hunting the Addo Elephants - they were marked for extinction at the hand of famous hunter Major Pretorius - article with many photos; On Foot Through South America - Part 5 - Adventures in Peru, with great photos, including carrying a piano up a mountain!; Across East Africa in the Rainy Season - terrible flooding makes travel very difficult; Photo of 30,000 coconuts being sprouted in Tobago; In Old Madrid - two Americans are left behind in Madrid with an elephant and soon the animal is matched up for battle with a fine Spanish bull!; Photo of London "Dog Market"; With a Bristol Fighter Squadron - Part 2; Photo of the only inhabited "Cloghaun" in Ireland; My Two Years' Captivity Among the Turks - Part 4 - The Adventures and Daring Escape of Airman Capt. T.W. White; A Land of Gods - photo-illustrated article about the people and places of the Kulu Valley of India; The Hunting of Lot Shumway - the pursuit and ultimate capture of this Northern Arizona badman; How Nixon Made Good - a western railroad tale; Photo of Harry Rich of Kansas City - the Human Gun Carriage!; Photo of large tree growing up through millstone at Sheldon's Mill at South Dover, New York. Somewhat above-average wear with openings along backstrip. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
The second issue of this popular and long-lived publication. Pages 114-224. Features: Canadian Curiosities - article with great illustrations; The Marvelous Feats of Juggler Ram Pershad; Earth Pyramids in the Rosengarten Mountains; "For the Company's Credit" - story of an ocean-liner race; The Queerest Monarch in the World - Mwanga, King of Uganda (illustrated article); The Wreck of the "Rising Sun" - fire at sea; Picnics in Perak - article with photo of many Malay sultans aboard elephants crossing a river; The Telegraphist of Neufchateau - true WWI story; The Romance of the Mission Field - part 1; Across the Atlantic in an Open Boat - article with photo of Harvo and Samuelson in their rowboat "Fox"; The Mysterious Tramp; Tree-Blazing - how explorers in Australia's interior mark trees to guide those who may come after them; Bagging a Man-Eater - Major A. St. H. Gibbons kills a lion to protect villagers - article with photo; "The Miracle of Moses" - the Platte High Line Canal in Colorado - article with photos; In Search of an Orchid; The Fiery Ordeal of Fiji - walking on coals (illustrated article; In the Ocean Depths - illustrated recollections of ocean diver John Pearce. Front cover loose but present. Back cover missing. Last page is 224. It is uncertain if any pages were included after that. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy. Book
84 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: An Elephant-Hunt in Canada - a six-week hunt results when seven valuable elephants escaped from a circus and took to the British Columbia woods - article with photos; A Fugitive in Thirstland - A former German officer who became a adventurer is South Africa is continually chased by the police; Trekking in Unknown Abyssinia - great photo-illustrated article; The Friendly Mosquito - how a mosquito saved the life of T.A. Shields; Our Salvage Job - a plucky attempt to salvage the crippled vessel Stiklestadt; The Decree of the Wild - a grim tale of the Canadian Far North, 1,200 miles north of Edmonton; "The White Man's Great War-Game" (part III) - amongst the savages of the Sura, Angas, and other primitive tribes of Northern Nigeria, Geoffrey Barkas produced a film founded upon the history of British Administration - article with great photos; Gulbaz Khan's Revenge - the story of a long-delayed vengeance for a trifling action that had far-reaching consequences; Where Everybody Plays "Cat's Cradle" - photo-illustrated article on the people of the Pelews (Pelew Islands); Fur-Getting in Australia - Australian men make a good living hunting rabbits and foxes for their furs; The Partnership That Went Wrong - four U.S. Army soldiers pool their savings to run a sawmill; What Happened to Wilson - struggle for life with an enraged tiger in the heart of a big city; Through France with "Sylvabelle" (part II) - Mr. Leslie Richardson's yachting voyage from Brittany to the Riviera; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: Flying in Central Africa (part I) - adventures from the flying log-book of an R.A.F. officer during ther campaign in German East Africa; My Adventures in Bolivia - Frank Rose was arrested as a dangerous revolutionary but managed to escape; Relief Worker's Adventures (part I) - thrilling adventures among the war victims of Armenia, Syria, and Persia, with photos; Hunting Big Game by Motor-Car - Captain F.A.M. Webster describes how he does it, with photos; The Adventures of a Newspaper-man (part III) - Frederic Martyn's adventures - with photos; Pukalofa's Tragic Revenge - Captain Samuel Randall recounts the brutal behavior of a whaling captain towards his crew in 1868, and what followed; In the Wilds of Siberia (Part I) - great photo-illustrated article by Harry Somerset-Lister describes his adventures; The Theft of the Zuni God - in New Mexico three U.S. Cavalry troopers stole the idols of the Indians, thus incurring their wrath; "The Surf Deer" - Reminiscences of the Dover Destroyer Patrol by Captain E.R.G.R. Evans, the Commander of the destroyer Viking; Shooting Elephants in the Middle of a Battle - what happened during the German East African Campaign; Hunting an Elephant During War - another thrilling incident of an elephant hunt during stern fighting in German East Africa, related by a Rhodesian soldier; Our Life at Holzminden - Lieut. J. Whale describes his life in this German POW camp in Brunswick, and provides his own illustrations; The Making of a Mandarin - photo-illustrated explanation of the curious and picturesque examinations which are held every three years in China and Indo-China for the coveted diploma of Chu-Jen, which entitles the holder to call himself a full-fledged Mandarin; Smugglers' Strategy Unveiled - photo-illustrated article explaining the many ingenious methods used by German and Swiss smugglers to get food and other things into enemy territory; The Tragedy of the Sling-Chain - Miner Bill Burton is killed in Australia; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A quality copy of this great vintage issue. Book
256 pages. Black and white frontis portrait of author plus dozens of wonderful black and white photographic illustrations throughout. Topics include: Origin and History of Wild Animal Training, Housekeeping for Wild Animals, The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants, Characteristics of Different Animals, Animal Instinct, How to Capture Whild Animals, How to Teach Wild Animals, The Principles of Training, The Animal Trainer, Guarding against Accidents. School stamps and a variety of pencil jottings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Above-average external wear. 3"x3" ink stain upon front board. Binding and hinges intact. A worthy reading copy of this most interesting work. Book